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<p>Specify the default startup project in a Visual Studio solution.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generators.7.html#visual-studio-generators"><span class="std std-ref">Visual Studio Generators</span></a> create a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.sln</span></code> file for each directory
whose <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMakeLists.txt</span></code> file calls the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:project"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/project.html#command:project" title="project"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">project()</span></code></a> command.  Set this
property in the same directory as a <span class="target" id="index-1-command:project"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/project.html#command:project" title="project"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">project()</span></code></a> command call (e.g. in
the top-level <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMakeLists.txt</span></code> file) to specify the default startup project
for the corresponding solution file.</p>
<p>The property must be set to the name of an existing target.  This
will cause that project to be listed first in the generated solution
file causing Visual Studio to make it the startup project if the
solution has never been opened before.</p>
<p>If this property is not specified, then the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ALL_BUILD</span></code> project
will be the default.</p>
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